“FOCUSED DETERRENCE” IS “BEST PRACTICE” TO CONTAIN GUN VIOLENCE

Below, see a “Public Pulse” piece from Chip Maxwell, a NYT editorial, and a “White Paper” by Professor Sam Walker describing “focused deterrence.”  So far, nothing the City has tried has reduced the gun violence in Omaha.  We need some new approaches and solutions to this problem.

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WHAT ARE STATES AROUND THE COUNTRY DOING TO ALLEVIATE PENSION DEBT?

Below is a link to a Workforce Management article which surveys the pension reform efforts in various states across the country.  The survey illustrates a number of issues: 1) How dramatic and widespread unfunded pensions are to states and localities; 2) How difficult reform is as public [...]

Dave Nabity reviews top City of Omaha pay and perks with Councilman Franklin Thompson tomorrow morning at 7 on 1110 KFAB.

NEW YORK Taxpayers United of America has released the top
pension estimates for New York State government teachers and employees…

TUA Receives Excellent Press Coverage
With Release of New York Pension Info
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
March 29, 2012
Contact: Christina Tobin (312) 320-4101 [...]

Omaha’s Future Depends on Leadership, not Commissions

March 15, 2012

By David Nabity

Omaha taxpayers are angry and
frustrated. They feel taken advantage of when they hear fire and police
officials retire at a very young age with large pension checks. In a March 13th
editorial, Paul Landow and Carol Ebdon suggested ways Omaha, with citizens
working together, might [...]

January 12, 2012

Dear Omaha Firefighters,

I want to write to you personally to share a few very important thoughts about the condition and the position your union finds itself in today.

As you know, I have been very outspoken about what I believe has been major wrongdoing within both the firefighters union and the fire [...]

OmahaAlliance.com readers:  Notice that the early retirement “epidemic” plagues unwary cities who do not pay attention to the well-constructed labor trap of agreeing to these early retirements for police and fire personnel.  Unfortunately, many cities, like Omaha under recent regimes, fell for these “sweetheart deals” during negotiations.  The net result of these early retirements is the cost [...]

Mayor wants fingerprint time clocks at Cleveland firehouses
Move follows internal city audit that found some city firefighters collected pay for hours they didn’t work

By Dave Davis
The Plain Dealer

Expert Analysis

Clocking in: A sign of changing times
By Adam K. Thiel

While I think it is uncommon, although certainly not unheard of, for firefighters to formally clock in and [...]

LECLAIR vs. NABITY
and OMAHAALLIANCE.COM SETTLE LAWSUIT

December 2, 2011

By now, news outlets have released information about the settlement reached in the above-captioned lawsuit.  Below are various statements either entered into by the parties or released from party representatives.  As usual, opponents of Dave Nabity and the OmahaAlliance.com accuse private citizens, like Dave Nabity and our organization, [...]

Be Careful What You Ask For

By Tristan Bonn

Maybe this happens to you:  in the morning, I pick up the paper to read and on one side of the page some state or local agency is asking for money – to improve security, or hire more workers, or build a new building or what [...]

The Time for Change Is Now

By Tristan Bonn

Even if you are not a “watchdog,” in fact, if you are just “watching,” the recent local headlines about state and local governmental agencies is, well, just appalling.  Glance at most any news report in the past six weeks or so and you would discover the following:

-  After years of [...]